BUILDING COM+ APPLICATIONS USING MICROSOFT .NET ENTERPRISE SERVICES Introduction This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively build scalable, distributed applications that use Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services and the Microsoft .NET Framework. At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to: Describe the history of server-based applications and describe the COM+ runtime architecture. Use attributes to configure an assembly as a COM+ application and create components that use just-in-time (JIT) activation and are synchronized. Create data access components that use Microsoft ADO.NET to retrieve or update data in a database. Create transactional components. Help protect an enterprise application by using COM+ services role-based security. Manage state in JIT activated components. Create compensating resource managers to enable transactional support for resources lacking a resource manager. Use loosely coupled events to send notifications to other applications. Create queued components. Debug COM+ applications and describe common application-failure scenarios and how to solve these failures. Create scripts for managing deployment and administration. Use the enhancements provided by COM+ version 1.5 to improve the scalability, availability, and manageability of COM+ applications and use COM+ features such as services without components (SWCs), bring your own transaction (BYOT), and Phase Zero notification in applications. Microsoft Certified Professional Exams This course will help students prepare for these Microsoft Certified Professional exams: Exam 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework Exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: Experience building assemblies by using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET or Microsoft Visual C#®. Experience handling database transactions in program code. In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed: Course 2349: Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework (Microsoft Visual C# .NET). Course Outline Module 1: Introduction to COM+ Services This module covers the evolution of applications from monolithic applications to client/server applications to component-based applications and the supporting application infrastructure that COM+ services provides. The module also covers the COM+ runtime architecture and how it uses surrogates, context, and interception to provide services to components. Lessons History of Server-Based Applications The COM+ Runtime Architecture After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe the history of server-based applications. Describe the COM+ runtime architecture. Module 2: Configuring Just-in-Time Activation and Synchronization This module describes the attributes that you can assign to components and how to write a serviced component. This module also describes how to access the object context from within code, JIT activation, synchronization, the relationship between synchronization and JIT activation, and how you can set JIT activation and synchronization for a component. Lessons The .NET Enterprise Services Programming Model JIT Activation Synchronization Lab 2: Configuring Just-in-Time Activation Exercise 1: Creating a Serviced Component Exercise 2: Using a Serviced Component After completing this module, students will be able to: Use attributes to configure an assembly as a COM+ application. Create components that use JIT activation. Create components that are synchronized. Module 3: Using ADO.NET to Work With Data This module describes how to run a query and retrieve a result set by using ADO.NET. The module also covers how to pass parameters to a stored procedure, create typed DataSet objects, and use construction strings to specify connection information to establish a connection to a data source. Lessons The ADO.NET Architecture Accessing a SQL Server Database Lab 3: Using ADO.NET in a Serviced Component Exercise 1: Creating a New Typed Dataset Exercise 2: Updating the PurchasingSelect Component Exercise 3: Updating the OrderProcessing Component Exercise 4: Modifying the PlaceOrder Web Page After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe the ADO.NET architecture and namespace classes. Use the classes provided by the SqlClient namespace to retrieve and update data from a Microsoft SQL ServerTM 2000 database. Module 4: Transaction Services This module describes transaction processing, how it is implemented in .NET Enterprise Services, and how you add attributes to code to enable transaction processing. Lab 4: Using Transaction Services Exercise 1: Creating a Transactional Component Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component Exercise 3: Updating the OrderApp Web Application Exercise 4: Testing with the OrderApproval Client After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe transaction processing and how it is implemented in .NET Enterprise Services. Use the classes defined in the EnterpriseServices namespace to implement transaction processing. Module 5: Securing Enterprise Applications This module explains how to implement COM+ role-based security in serviced components by using .NET Enterprise Services. Lessons Introduction to Application Security Implementing COM+ Role-Based Security Authentication and Impersonation Lab 5: Securing Enterprise Applications Exercise 1: Updating the PurchasingUpdate component Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component Exercise 3: Updating the OrderApproval Client After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe the security model offered by COM+ and how it is used with other security mechanisms. Help protect your application by using COM+ role-based security. Configure authentication and impersonation levels to balance security requirements with performance and flexibility requirements. Module 6: State Management This module describes how to manage state in .NET Enterprise Services. It explains how to use the shared property manager (SPM) to store state, use ASP.NET applications to store application and session state, and use ASP.NET caching. Lessons Introduction to State Management Using the Shared Property Manager Using ASP.NET to Store State Lab 6: Managing Component State Exercise 1: Updating the OrderProcessing Component • After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe the need for state management and the techniques for implementing state management. Maintain state by using the SPM. Maintain state by using ASP.NET application and session state and ASP.NET caching. Module 7: Compensating Resource Managers This module describes the architecture of compensating resource managers (CRMs) and how to implement CRMs Lessons Introduction to Compensating Resource Managers Implementing Compensating Resource Managers Lab 7: Implementing Compensating Resource Managers Exercise 1: Creating the OrderDocCRM Component Exercise 2: Updating the OrderProcessing Component After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe the architecture of CRMs. Implement a CRM. Module 8: Loosely Coupled Events This module describes the architecture of Loosely Coupled Events (LCEs) and the LCE system. This module also describes how to configure and implement publishers, subscribers, and event classes. Lessons Introduction to Loosely Coupled Events COM+ Events Using Loosely Coupled Events Lab 8: Using Loosely Coupled Events Exercise 1: Creating an Event Class Exercise 2: Creating a Publisher Exercise 3: Creating a Subscriber After completing this module, students will be able to: Describe why LCEs are needed. Describe the architecture of the LCE system. Configure the LCE system programmatically and by using the Component Services administrative tool. Implement publishers, subscribers, and event classes. Module 9: Queued Components The following topics are covered in this module: Lessons Introduction to Queuing Developing Queued Components Queued Components and Transactions Lab 9: Creating a Queued Component Exercise 1: Creating a Queued Component Exercise 2: Calling the Queued Component After completing this module, students will be able to: List the advantages of using asynchronous messaging in a distributed systems environment. Explain the purposes of the recorder, listener, and player in the Queued Components architecture. List additional component design considerations introduced by asynchronous messaging. Install and configure a queued component in a COM+ application. Instantiate a queued component by using the queue and new monikers. Module 10: Debugging COM+ Applications In this module, you will learn how to debug applications that use .NET Enterprise Services. Lessons Debugging Tools Common Debugging Scenarios Lab 10: Debugging COM+ Applications Exercise 1: Debugging DCOM Problems Exercise 2: Debugging Transaction Problems Exercise 3: Debugging Security Problems After completing this module, students will be able to: Debug COM+ applications by using tools such as the Microsoft Visual Studio® debugger. Debug some common problems in COM+ applications. Module 11: Deploying and Administering COM+ Applications This module introduces the COMAdmin objects and additional techniques and tools for deploying and administering COM+ applications. It describes the advantages and drawbacks of each technique so that students can select the one most appropriate for your application. Lessons Deploying a COM+ Application Built Using .NET Enterprise Services Using COMAdmin Objects in WSH Scripts Lab 11: Administering COM+ Applications Exercise 1: Creating a COM+ Application Exercise 2: Adding a Role to a COM+ Application Exercise 3: Deleting a COM+ Application Exercise 4 (Optional): Exposing a COM+ Application as an XML Web Service Exercise 5 (Optional): Creating the OrderDispatch Service After completing this module, students will be able to: Deploy a COM+ application. Use Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts to do common deployment and administrative tasks, such as creating an application or adding components to an application. Module 12: COM+ 1.5 Enhancements This module explains how to use new COM+ version 1.5 features that help you manage, scale, and maximize the uptime of your COM+ application more efficiently. The module also explains how to use .NET Enterprise Services without having to implement serviced components. Lessons Scalability and Availability Enhancements Manageability Enhancements Other COM+ Features After completing this module, students will be able to: Use COM+ 1.5 features to improve the scalability and availability of COM+ applications. Use COM+ 1.5 features to improve the manageability of COM+ applications. Use COM+ features such as SWC, BYOT, and Phase Zero notification in your applications. Inclusive to the overall costs of this Microsoft training course is equipment, training material, lunch and refreshments.